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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Mohna says he'll apply his mind on the Cabinet reshuffle after reaching Delhi!!! Fact is Mohna has nothing to do with the Cabinet reshuffle. He's handed the reshuffle list and he just 'gulps down' the changes!! In fact when he gets the list he first checks out whether he's on the list..... he has this nagging feeling that someday he'll be on the list.... either shunted to be India's FM or just dropped!!

Sonia and Rahul ne PM ki authority ki lagaa di hai waat!!!!

PM is ' ghar ki murgi daal baraabar' .....PM ki authority ki khadi karr di Sonia ne khaat!!

Now Sushma says she's not Reddy Brothers ki 'mooh bolli Mummy' (pic in newspapers showing a beaming Sushma with he hands on two Reddy brothers heads say otherwise)....... she hints that Jaitley is their 'mooh bolla Papa'!! Wars between Camps in BJP have been on but have now started coming out into the open!! It seems now Reddy Brothers are indefensible and now both Sushma and Jaitley want distance themselves from Reddy Brothers!! Fact is Sushma is very close to Reddy Bandhus.....and money power played a huge role for two of the Reddy Brothers and a close associate being made Ministers in Yeddy's Cabinet!! Did Sushma recommend their names and did Jaitley negotiate the price with them on behalf of BJP???? Reddy Bros got a deal..... pay for 2 of them being made Mantirs and they would get a third Mantri appointment free!!

Success has many Dads and Moms and failure has no Dads and Moms!!!

And about closeness to someone tainted no one tom-tom's!!

Tapuriah has said in his statement that Subbirami Reddy ( ominous time for Reddys), Tytler, Renuka Chowdhury and Jaya Pradha were close to Hassan Ali!! Subbirami Reddy known for his Parties will throw Parties and deny his friendship with Hassan Ali to his guests, Tytler will run to Sonia and ask her to whitewash this like she whitewashed his 1984 genocide role, Renuka will shed croc tears and Jaya Pradha via Bharat Natyam recitals will dance her denial!! Congress is thankful to Tapuriah for not naming 'responsible' (in power) Congress Netas!!

They say if Hassan Ali spills the beans UPA will fall like ten pins!!

UPA is aiding Hassan tacitly to hide his sins!!

Fevicol lagao and make Rahul stick to issues he takes up!!

He suffers from limited attention spam and so moves on and then all that he's said on any issue sounds like a 'gupp'!!

Love is blooming in CBI's Court!!! The Honchos who are in jail and appear before the Court have never spent so much time with their wives!!! Shahid Balwa's family literally treats this coming to Court like a picnic!! Most of those accused read the case files and talk to their lawyers..... with the exception of Raja and Kani..... Raja never read files even when he was a Mantri and Kani does not read files to show the Judge that she's just a 'wife and a mother'!!

Many of the jailed Honchos are on their second Honeymoons in Court!!!!

Scandalous titbit.... one Honcho doosre ki biwi ko aankoh aankoh mein karr raha hai court!!

Bharat Kumar
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Is Anand Sharma going to be in charge of UP?
When AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh was away to US a powerful lobby suggested to Madam Sonia Gandhi to drop Commerce Minister Anand Sharma from the cabinet and make in- charge of party affairs in Uttar Pradesh. Presently, the
charge is with AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh.

Congress wants its pound of flesh in WB
As the grapevine has it, Congress is seeking two more ministerial berths in the West Bengal Ministry being led by Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee and founder chief of Trina Mool Congress (TMC).

BUREAUCRACY

Sunil Mitra to be Secretary Finance
Secretary Revenue Sunil Mitra is being appointed Secretary Finance in the Government of India. Secretary Finance Sushma Nath is superannuating on May 31. Mitra who is 1975 batch IAS officer is also scheduled to retire on June 30.

Empanelment list of 1978 batch IAS is ready !
1978 batch IAS officers are reportedly set to be empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. Higher ups in the echelons of power are however, said to be in favour of pruning the list of over 60 names.1977 batch IAS officers had also been empanelled in June last year.

Das and Vijay Kumar not returning to parent cadre
It is now certain that DG CRPF Vijay Kumar and DG CISF N R Das are not returning to the parent Tamil Nadu and West Bengal cadre respectively.

Allocation of banks to GMs of PSU for elevation as EDs on May 30, 2011
As the grapevine has it, allocation of banks to those General Managers (GMs) who are to be elevated as Executive Directors (EDs) in PSU banks is going to be notified on May 30, 2011. There are conflicting reports about allocation of banks.

West Bengal DGP to continue
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee is believed to have decided not to change DGP Nparajit Mukherjee. He is 1976 batch IPS officer.

Kolkata Police Commissioner will not be changed
Informed sources said that Kolkata Police Commissioner R K Pachnanda is going to continue. He is 1983 batch IPS officer.

Banerjee is new SP Howrah
Rabindra Nath Banerjee has been appointed new SP Howrah in West Bengal.

Gopalika is new Secretary Transport in West Bengal
Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika has been appointed new Secretary Transport in West Bengal. He is 1989 batch IAS officer.

Kahlon put on compulsory wait
Secretary Transport in West Bengal Rajpal Singh Kahlon has been put on compulsory wait. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.

Mukul Roy to address GMs' meet in Delhi on June 1
Indian Minister of State for Railways Mukul Roy has Convened a meeting of General Managers (GMs) in Delhi on June 1, 2011.

Process for full time LIC Chairman underway
Process for appointment of full time Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has commenced. Presently the charge is with D.K. Mehrotra.

Ex LIC chief Vijayan on leave
T.S. Vijayan, who on completion of his five year term as Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) was reverted as Managing Director (MD), is on a long leave.

Postal service officer Udai Krishna is PMG Muzaffarpur
Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officer of the Indian Postal service Udai Krishna (1984) has been posted as PMG Muzaffarpur, Bihar Circle.

Verma is new Chairman of JSEB
S N Verma has been appointed new Chairman of the Jharkhand State Electricity Board. Verma hails from Uttarakhand.

I-T Dept wants IRS member in EC
The Income Tax Department is learnt to be interested to have one of the Election Commission members from the Indian Revenue Service due to his success in unearthing much unaccounted money in the recent Assembly polls. This is aimed at strengthening monitoring of the use of money power in elections.

Prashant Kumar likely to be elevated in ITBP
Prashant Kumar, DIG (PERS) CISF Directorate New Delhi likely to be promoted as Inspector General, ITBP Directorate, New Delhi. He is an IPS Officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh Cadre.

Surender Singh elevated in IB
Surender Singh, JD (HQ) Delhi, has been promoted as the Additional Director, Intelligence Bureau, Government of India. He is an IPS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Deepak Ratan is SSP Saharanpur
Deepak Ratan, on his return from central deputation, has been posted as SSP Saharanpur in place of Vinod Dohre. The latter is yet to get a new posting. Ratan who was Director of Bhopal based centre of NIFT is a 1997 batch IPS officer of UP cadre who also holds a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad. Apart from Bhopal he has also held the additional charge of NIFT Jodhpur and NIFT Shillong during his tenure. He is widely regarded for the expertise with which he has set up new systems, processes and infrastructure at these upcoming centers of excellence in the field of higher education.

Ravi Capoor is Joint Secretary Commerce
Ravi Capoor has on central deputation as Joint Secretary Commerce. He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Earlier, he was holding charge of Industries in the Assam government.

Reshuffle of IAS officers on the anvil in Assam
As the grapevine has it, certain IAS officers in Assam are going to be transferred.

Reddy appointed Chairman WB Police Recruitment Board
G.M.T.R. Reddy has been appointed as chairman of the Police Recruitment Board in West Bengal. He is 1982 batch IPS officer.

Maj Gen Pradhan promoted in Indian Army
Major General Pradhan has been promoted to the rank of Lt General in the Indian Army.

50 PCS officers put on compulsory wait in West Bengal
About 50 State Civil Service officers have been put on compulsory wait by the new government in West Bengal.

Rachel Chatterjee is new Chairman AP PSC
Rachel Chatterjee 1975 batch retired IAS officer, has been appointed chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC).

Sudhir Chandra gets post retirement assignment
Sudhir Chandra Chairman of the CBDT who is superannuating on May 31 has been appointed head of the high level committee set up by the GoI to examine ways of strengthening laws to curb generation of "illegal" wealth, prevent transfer of such funds abroad and devise a framework for recovery of unaccounted assets.The members include CBDT Member, Legislation and Computerisation; Director, ED; DG, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence; DG (Currency); CBDT Joint Secretary (FT&TR); and Joint Secretary, Financial Intelligence Unit - India.

Ramnath Pradeep CMD Corporation Bank faces a slur campaign
As the grapevine has it, Ramnath Pradeep, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Corporation Bank, is facing a vilification campaign by certain elements these days. Pradeep who is considered to be a straightforward banker had assumed the office as CMD of the Corporation Bank on September 1, 2010. Soon after assuming charge he cracked whip against those elements that were surviving and thriving at the bank's cost.

Ayyar is now State Election Commissioner in TamilNadu
Former 1989 batch IAS officer S. Ayyar has been appointed State Election ommissioner in Tamil Nadu.

Major overhauling in RPF likely
After the change over a major overhauling in the RPF is likely soon. C S Ray is being tipped to be new IG Administration in place of Anoop Srivastava. Srivastava is said to become CSC/IG RPF NC Rly.

Jharkhand CM to go to the US
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda is going to be in the US for about 10 days for his son's treatment.

Panigrahi replaces Prasad in Orissa
Debasis Panigrahi has replaced Amrit Mohan Prasd as the Special Secretary of the Department of Home in Orissa. He is 1991 batch IPS officer.

IAS changes in Rajasthan
Three IAS officers have got new postings in Rajasthan. They are: Giriraj Singh Kushwaha Collector Jaisalmer to Sawaimadhopur, Ms. Anandhi Chief Executive Officer (CEO) district council Jodhpur to Commissioner Jodhpur Development Authority
and Parmeshwaran B. SDO Mount Abu (Sirohi) to CEO district council Jodhpur.

Pakistan : Administration paranoid about Islamabad's slum dwellers
Administrative machinery and residents of Pakistan's capital Islamabad seem to have been gripped by paranoia about the city having been encircled by Al Qaeda and Taliban militants believed to have settled in the numerous slum areas (locally known as Katchi Abadis) on the city's periphery. At a high level meeting chaired by Interior Minister Rehman Malik and attended by the Interior secretary as well as police and intelligence top brass on Saturday it was decided to tighten security at all the entry points and step up surveillance on the Kachi Abadis. At another meeting taken jointly by the Interior and the Law minister the chairman of capital Development Authority and the Chief Commissioner of Islamabad Capital Territory were instructed to complete within one week a detailed survey of illegal afghan settlers and other immigrants in the slums surrounding the capital. There are over 30 Katchi Abadis having more than 70000 settlers but the police and intelligence agencies are most concerned about Mehrabad dominated by Christians working mostly as conservancy staff for the local civic body.

T.V.Antony tipped to head Plan panel in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
T.V.Antony (IAS:56), former Chief Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu is likely to be appointed Vice Chairman of the State Planning Commission of Tamil Nadu.

Kudos to Competition Commission of India (UPDATED)
Competition Regulator; Competition Commission of India(CCI deserves kudos for giving a landmark ruling against the powerful and deep pocketed National Stock Exchange (NSE) finding it guilty of abusing its dominant position against a much smaller rival in the currency derivative (CD) segment. This case became all the more path breaking as it involved the NSE trying to square it up wih MCX-SX . Then SEBI Chairman C B Bhave had refused to intervene in this matter when MCX SX complained to him about NSE's predatory pricing. CCI adjudged NSE guilty of dominating its monopolistic position to kill MCX-SX by doing unfair pricing. It is pertinent to mention the excellent work done by CCI by highlighting activities of a dominant exchange. The NSE had waived its transaction charges in the CD segment to destroy competition. MCX-SX had appealed to CCI against the allegedly illegal moves of NSE. CCI ruled "NSE's policy for zero transaction fees as unfair and anti-competitive." The move of CCI is worth applauding as it gave its judgement against a powerful and entrenched entity. This judgement, experts say, is in the league of landmark rulings, on the lines of the actions of the anti competition watchdogs of US and UK who ruled against the monopolistic Microsoft and ensured penalty of hundreds of millions of pounds for misuse of its dominant position by indulging in unfair trade practices. These cases showcase the motives of these monopolist giants who attempt to capture the market and milk the consumers. The case of NSE, which is held more than 67% by foreign and private investors, is equally worse.

DEBATE

Next Lok Sabha-Congress and BJP to get less than 100 seats ?
If today's political scenario is taken into account, both the Congress and the BJP will get less than 100 seats in the next Lok Sabha elections. In such a case, what could be the emerging scenario? Mail your valuable views to us at -

mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Interview for Director (Enterprises) BSNL from today
The PESB will start interview for three days beginning from Monday for the post of Director (Enterprises) of the BSNL.

S Sridhar CMD Central Bank of India to retire
S Sridhar, Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India (CBI), is going to retire on May 31, 2011.

Ved Jain is an Independent Director, NALCO
Ved Jain has become an Independent Director, NALCO. He is ex- president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and ex- member Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. Presently he is also an independent director on board of Matyas Infrastructure (a Satyam group company) appointed by Ministry of Corporate Affairs after Satyam fraud came into light.

Vajpeyi is MD, Investment bank Daiwa Capital Markets
Investment bank Daiwa Capital Markets has appointed Aiok Vajpeyi as Managing Director and senior head of equities. Vajpeyi who has over 27 year of experience in building and managing diverse and large scale financial services in India will be responsible for the firm's equities operations.

Velumani appointed CEO Shanthi Gears
Shanthi Gears has appointed V.C.S. Velumani as its chief executive officer. Velumani, who was earlier executive director of Winergy Drive Systems India, was instrumental in setting up the Ghennai facility of Winergy, which is now part of the Siemens group.

Mishra is new Chairman of Pollution Control Board in TN
Rameshwaram Mishra has been appointed new Chairman of the Pollution Control Board in Tamil Nadu. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

Verma is new Chairman of Tamil Nadu EB
Hans Raj Verma has been appointed new Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.

Basheer Ahmad is Chairman of TN Minerals Ltd
P M Basheer Ahmad has been appointed new CMD of the Tamil Nadu Minerals Lts. He is 1992 batch IAS officer.

Rao is new CMD TN Industrial Investment Corporation
T. Prabhakara Rao will be Principal Secretary/Chairman and Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation Limited. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.

Mohan Pyare is CMD of SIDC in Tamil Nadu
Mohan Pyare has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation Limited. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.

Rao is now CMD of ICWAI
Chairman of Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, Hyderabad chapter (ICWAI), G. Narayan Rao has taken over as the CMD of Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), Kanpur.

Chacko is new ED of Federal Bank
Abraham Chacko has been appointed new Executive Director of Federal Bank. He was earlier with the HSBC.

Trivedi no longer Company Secy. Sanghi Industries Ltd
Kairav Trivedi has ceased to be Company Secretary of Sanghi Industries Ltd w.e.f. May 27, 2011.

Seshasayee appointed Company Secy. Sanghi Industries Ltd
V. Seshasayee has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Sanghi Industries Ltd.

Gurumani resigns as Director, SKS Microfinance
Suresh Gurumani on May 27, 2011 has tendered his resignation as a Director from the Board of Directors of SKS Microfinance Ltd.

Sharma resigns as Director, CCL Products (India) Ltd
Viplav Sharma has resigned as Director of CCL Products (India ) Ltd w.e.f May 27, 2011.

Pukhraj Jain appointed as Director, Real Strips Ltd
Pukhraj S. Jain has been appointed as Independent Director of Real Strips Ltd .

Babulal Jain resigns as Director, Real Strips Ltd
Babulal S. Jain has resigned as a Director of Real Strips Ltd.

Munjal resigns as Director, Shivam Autotech Ltd
Vijay Munjal, Director of Shivam Autotech Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from May 28, 2011.

Pradhan may be appointed Head (Sales), Infosys Ltd ?
Infosys Ltd may appoint Basab Pradhan as the Global Head (Sales) next month.

Trivedi appointed MD, RCML
Religare Capital Markets Ltd (RCML) has appointed Gautam Trivedi as MD
and Head(Institutional Equities), India.

Shukla quits Reliance Infratel as CEO
Reliance Infratel Chief Executive Officer S P Shukla has quit the company.

Mody appointed Head (Sales), Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley has appointed Dick H Mody as Head (Sales).

Misra appointed Director, Edelweiss Capital
Edelweiss Capital has appointed Sanjiv Misra as Independent Director on its Board of Directors.

FORUM

Next Lok Sabha-Congress and BJP to get less than 100 seats ?

There will be a repetition of 1996 and some Deve Gowda will be ready to become PM of this country and he will make Operation Lotus kind exercise and survive.

B V Kulkarni

Next Lok Sabha-Congress and BJP to get less than 100 seats ?

I do not think this will be the situation. But if is it so, it will be disater for the country. Will go again in the arena of Devgowda like person who prefer to sleep nad the fortune of the country will also sleep. All can see how he is trying to spoil Karnataka. God save India from the persom like him. To avoid that the situation should not come what you think.

O P Pandey

Cabinet Secretary should consider …..

The new Cabinet Secretary should consider the following issues facing the government and the nation:

[a] Urban Development-- Notification of Rent Control Act which has been passed by Parliament and signed by President; notification of Apartment Ownership Act so that flats can legally be transferred; regularisation of unauthorised colonies; regularisation of unauthorized construction and regularization with fine for old unauthorized usage in Delhi.

[b] Personnel--debar civil servants from applying for jobs in Commissions / regulatory bodies, after retirement; extend retirement age to 65; govt servant's spouces should not be treated as adjuncts and have independent entitlement to house loans, etc

[c] Corruption--all discretionary powers in matters relating to allotment of plots, land, flats should be withdrawn and the only method of disposal of any rights of any kind should be by publci auction,

more will follow.

Singh

Implemenation of the CAT's judgment makes them best

As a result of the judgment of CAT on 9.5.2011 in respect Garima Singh & UOI case, what is going to happen; is that a Direct Recruit Section Officer of the Central Secretariat Service of the year 1997, who joined as Grade 'B' Officer (Rs.6500-10500) gets confirmed in the year 2001 and also gets the non-functional grade of Rs.8000-13500/- in 2001(remains a Grade 'B' Officer) but becomes an Under Secretary (Rs.10000-15200/-) in the year 2003. An officer of any All India Service or of any organized Group 'A' Officer who had joined service in the year 2001 in the grade of Rs.8000-10500/- got the grade of Under Secretary i.e. Rs.10000-15200 only in the year 2005. Implemenation of the CAT's judgment makes the Direct Recruit Section Officer of the CSS as the best in the country. If DOP&T on the lobbying of Direct Recruit Section Officers implements the order and does not challenge it in the High Court they will be creating an anamoly and mockery of themselves

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B B Srivastava

A joke narrated by Dr. Subramaniam Swamy

On reading in Aaj ki awaaz that 'If Montek goes to IMF it'll be IMF's loss and India's gain', I remember a joke narrated by Dr. Subramaniam Swamy when he was teaching us Economics at IIT Delhi in the early 70s. The joke goes like this:

One visiting professor, Dr. King at IIT Delhi from UK was returning to his home country, Dr. Swamy jokingly told him that his return to UK would be wonderful since it would result in the enhancement in average intelligence of both India and UK.

M K Goel

Transfer policy not strictly followed

After servign in the Govt for a long period of 30 years, I can confidently say that there is no transfer policy strictly followed by any Service. There will always be major aberrations, major deviations, and major violations. The policy will only remain on paper. In practice, it will be twisted, modified and violated by the persons concerned with no questions asked by even senior officers responsibile to advise the man concerned. the policy will be honoured more by breach than by observance.It is 100 % true in many services like the Indian Defence Estates Service.For instance, if there is a change

in the top, the officers will be grouped as pro/anti.Naturally, the perceived pro officers will be rewarded and the others will be punished. Junior officers will be posted to senior positions and senior officers will be posted to even very small stations ie.,insignificant positions. We dont know how this trend could be changed.God alone can save the country. Let us pray.

Dhayalan

Charge-sheet in Reliance Call Re-routing case

The reasons for non-inclusion of the names of Mr. Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani in the charge sheet filed by CBI in the Call Re-routing case were denied u/s 8(1)(h) claiming that disclosing the information would impede the process of prosecution. The PIO informed the CIC that the said reasons were available on record but disclosing such information would provide clues to others by which they would be able to argue why they should also not be charged. Holding that the PIO has failed to produce any cogent evidence to establish that disclosure of information would impede the prosecution of offenders, the CIC directed to disclose the information.

Comments

The Delhi HC in Bhagat Singh v. CIC W.P. (C) No. 3114/2007 has observed that the mere existence of an investigation process cannot be a ground for refusal of the information; the authority withholding information must show satisfactory reasons as to why the release of such information would hamper the investigation process. As pointed in this column earlier, such reasons should be germane, and the opinion of the process being hampered should be reasonable and based on some material.

[Mr. P. C Srivastava vs. CBI in CIC/SM/A/2011/000309/SG/12557]

- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)